When Fallout 4 Fooled the World

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  • Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
  • After watching the Fallout TV show, I remember when Bethesda gave us a "real" show to watch...
    thesurvivor2299.com nuked the Fallout community leading up to the release of Fallout 4. Was this a marketing ploy? Was it all a troll? Did Bethesda create the biggest oopsie ever seen?
    Leaked Trailer Audio: puu.sh/5q8L3.mp3
    (you will have to put this link in the way back machine for it to play)
    Music (In order):
    Sunny Day by: Reed Mathis
    Down by: Joey Pecoraro
    Cubic Z by: Diamond Ortiz
    Gaiety in the Golden Age by: Aaron Kenny
    Funky Disco by: Biz Baz Studio
    Professor Frankly's Theme-Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door
    Not for Nothing by: Otis McDonald
    80's video game death by: Sir Cubworth
    Voyage by: Density & Time
    Honky Tonkin' by: Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
    March Grandioso by: The U.S. Army Band
    Baila Mi Cumbia: Jimmy Fontanez/Media Right Productions
    The Curious Kitten by: Aaron Kenny
    Ether Oar by: The Whole Other
    Heaven and Hell by: Jeremy Blake
    9th Symphony, Finale by: Beethoven
    Long Live Death by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
    Court and Page by: Silent Partner
    Ether Oar by: The Whole Other
    Dream Lagoon by: Chris Haugen
    Age of Empires 2 - Credits Theme
    #fallout #fallout76 #fallout4 #newvegas #falloutmods #fallouttvshow #thesurvivor2299 #gaming #bethesda #elderscrolls #oblivion #skyrim #morrowind #videogame #website #toddhoward #ncr #falloutbugs
    #falloutglitches #falloutlore #shiveeringisles #hoaxes #internet #falloutseriesreview #falloutseries #
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  • @heyitsmiiips
    @heyitsmiiips 27 днів тому +4454

    The fact that the guy behind it did a Reddit AMA and IMMEDIATELY received the flair *"Villain of the Wastes -9999 points"* has me on the goddamn floor, good lord

    • @VinelandVinny
      @VinelandVinny 25 днів тому

      Reddit mfs are so cringe

    • @ZeroMat1
      @ZeroMat1 25 днів тому +49

      Too many virgins not going outside , looking for a girlfriend , touching grass , feeling the sun's light on their skin , damn !

    • @crackerjack2303
      @crackerjack2303 24 дні тому +243

      @@ZeroMat1projecting much?

    • @ZeroMat1
      @ZeroMat1 24 дні тому +12

      @@crackerjack2303 nope,you maybe ?

    • @Alyx-Arroyo
      @Alyx-Arroyo 24 дні тому +163

      @@ZeroMat1 Overdosed on a blend of projection, self-hatred, and copium. Sucks to see.

  • @Quasar14-a
    @Quasar14-a 28 днів тому +3785

    Bethesdas marketing team had some guy do their job for free

    • @UbinTimor
      @UbinTimor 27 днів тому +271

      I mean, is that so surprising? the modding community has been fixing their games for free for decades.

    • @travistreadway3180
      @travistreadway3180 27 днів тому +29

      @@UbinTimornah I paid them myself all of them I made sure they’re work was paid correctly

    • @kringlez4801
      @kringlez4801 26 днів тому +56

      This had to be somebody with connections to Bethesda I'd think
      How did he get Boston setting, Institute faction and Sole Survivor as the character correct if not

    • @Mawyman2316
      @Mawyman2316 25 днів тому

      @@kringlez4801guesswork

    • @floridaball4896
      @floridaball4896 25 днів тому +4

      ​@kringlez4801 ironically enough Survivor 2299 sounds better than Fallout 4 was

  • @bradjarvis4963
    @bradjarvis4963 25 днів тому +1483

    My favorite part of the survivor 2299 story is a very real fallout 4 leak happened right after and everyone just ignored it because of how burned out they were

    • @reptarien
      @reptarien 23 дні тому +16

      I'd love to see this myself.

    • @randeli7785
      @randeli7785 22 дні тому +5

      Jeez I remember this

    • @Knights_of_the_Nine
      @Knights_of_the_Nine 22 дні тому +4

      What was the leak?

    • @bradjarvis4963
      @bradjarvis4963 22 дні тому +46

      @@Knights_of_the_Nine the kotaku script leak

    • @CPorter
      @CPorter 22 дні тому +61

      Not to mention how he actually predicted Fallout 4 was coming, well the release trailer was coming, within a day of the stream being dropped

  • @rayman2902
    @rayman2902 28 днів тому +2899

    Imagine how to creator of survivor 99 felt when fallout four came out with the main character being the soul Survivor set in Boston with one of the main fractions being the Institute. I mean, the man called it.

    • @requiredparticular6831
      @requiredparticular6831 26 днів тому

      Inside job. I imagine it was originally supposed to come out then and they wanted to leak it, but it turned out not being ready (as if any Bethesda game is ever, or ever becomes ready).

    • @requiredparticular6831
      @requiredparticular6831 26 днів тому +162

      My Nuka World slaves still walk around in their undies after being freed…

    • @xIJudaS
      @xIJudaS 26 днів тому +406

      Pretty sure he knew. "I hope you'll get a real Fallout 4 one day". That guy was forced to say so because the cease & desist lmao

    • @dwagin6315
      @dwagin6315 26 днів тому +198

      I highly doubt it was a dev, since I don't think anyone would risk their job like that. But maybe a friend of someone at Bethesda who spilled a bit more information than he should have.

    • @xIJudaS
      @xIJudaS 26 днів тому +77

      @@dwagin6315 Never talked about a dev. I think he was that kind of figure that now we call “leaker”

  • @ganondorfzant
    @ganondorfzant Місяць тому +1898

    The real Fallout were the enemies made along the way.

  • @NonceKillaz
    @NonceKillaz 26 днів тому +637

    If you missed the survivor 99, there are no words I can use to explain how crushed everybody was at the time.

    • @Foogers_
      @Foogers_ 26 днів тому +51

      So it was basically the fallout community's version of 9/11?

    • @blansbelausgsbaka
      @blansbelausgsbaka 26 днів тому +106

      ​@@Foogers_ yes, we even invaded the middle east afterwards.

    • @rojhatrojava2522
      @rojhatrojava2522 24 дні тому +5

      Seeing this video made me remember the Hype I had when I saw this and followed every bit of news until that crushing day

    • @Zhexss
      @Zhexss 24 дні тому +5

      It was truly glorious and devastating. One of the best internet experience of all time

    • @kawaii33366
      @kawaii33366 24 дні тому +5

      I legit had NO idea about any of this until now. Some friends bought me Fallout 4 when I was like, I think 16? And I had a hell of a fun time. I can only imagine them (Who were adults and worked in the gaming industry) saw all this come crashing down and real time and didn't want to spoil my fun xDDD

  • @JojoTheVulture
    @JojoTheVulture 28 днів тому +2020

    BUT HOW DID IT GUESS THE DETAILS OF THE GAME DOWN TO A TEE

    • @randomrubster
      @randomrubster 27 днів тому +588

      He gave mama Murphy jet lmao

    • @Leboobs22
      @Leboobs22 26 днів тому +288

      He was a dev at obsidian most likely

    • @TitaniumTurbine
      @TitaniumTurbine 26 днів тому +308

      ⁠​⁠@@Leboobs22 Eh, I think the theory offered by “randomrubster” is more plausible, it was probably Mama Murphy on jet.

    • @Nelly_Wright
      @Nelly_Wright 26 днів тому +82

      not to mention the Berkeley building is also known as old John Hancock building

    • @krazzbayley
      @krazzbayley 25 днів тому +120

      I remember there was a bunch of leaks during the early stages of Fallout 4's creation, he may have taken some of that info and added it to the web site. Possible.

  • @ethantravis8378
    @ethantravis8378 28 днів тому +839

    This is funny cause if you call the vault tech number from the show you get screaming then a text saying they get back to you in about 33 weeks

    • @perry714.
      @perry714. 26 днів тому +33

      If you text it you get a September date

    • @awesomegame1156
      @awesomegame1156 26 днів тому +19

      December 10th IS 33 weeks so that's interesting

    • @TheStanishStudios
      @TheStanishStudios 26 днів тому +19

      Hmmm like VAULT 33??

    • @xTalks24
      @xTalks24 25 днів тому +3

      I didn't get the text when I called it

    • @baconnator179
      @baconnator179 24 дні тому +1

      ​@@xTalks24you have to text it first

  • @mrnobody8941
    @mrnobody8941 25 днів тому +302

    The fact the hoaxer actually got Boston and The Insistute right is alone impressive

    • @Knights_of_the_Nine
      @Knights_of_the_Nine 22 дні тому +33

      It's all spelled out in Fallout 3.

    • @meazer
      @meazer 18 днів тому

      @@Knights_of_the_Nine it’s referenced in Fallout 3. But spelled out? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It’s ok to give props to people for making correct inferences. Fuckin idiot.

    • @jackalexande
      @jackalexande 16 днів тому +6

      @@Knights_of_the_Nine You say that now, but at the time it was an unknown

    • @Knights_of_the_Nine
      @Knights_of_the_Nine 16 днів тому +16

      @@jackalexande No, me and all my friends even thought there would be a DLC in the Commonwealth with the Institute for Fallout 3. The quest in Fallout 3 fleshed it way out in a way that just seemed off, like it was definitely meant to be more than a 1 off quest.

    • @tortasatmidnight
      @tortasatmidnight 13 днів тому +5

      ​@@Knights_of_the_Ninehindsight is 20/20

  • @WeekndWarriorrr
    @WeekndWarriorrr 26 днів тому +297

    Optimus Prime: "Elder Falls, Scroll Out."

    • @qwopiretyu
      @qwopiretyu 24 дні тому +4

      I laugh

    • @cnbviper007
      @cnbviper007 21 день тому +5

      Liberty prime

    • @ballistic2527
      @ballistic2527 7 днів тому +1

      God this would've been so perfect if you daid Liberty Prime instead lmao. I still laughed

  • @sambased8078
    @sambased8078 28 днів тому +2298

    Are you actually a cheesecake?

    • @I_eat_turtles
      @I_eat_turtles 26 днів тому +1

      dude this guy is racist look at his "about me"

    • @AlyssaPearson-ek8sy
      @AlyssaPearson-ek8sy 26 днів тому +70

      Ask the fox, the fox knows what he says..but few know what the fox says. [Quest added to your Pip-Boy]

    • @I_eat_turtles
      @I_eat_turtles 26 днів тому +16

      racist

    • @rispy4875
      @rispy4875 26 днів тому +17

      Racist

    • @l8ncy
      @l8ncy 26 днів тому +10

      Sensational…

  • @SearchableUsername
    @SearchableUsername Місяць тому +860

    i mean the MIT guy was right so

    • @nomorepartyinla
      @nomorepartyinla 27 днів тому +85

      he definitely was and thats actually kinda impressive lol

    • @shredgardo
      @shredgardo 26 днів тому +85

      @@nomorepartyinlaI mean if he’s an MIT employee, it’s not much a stretch to say that he was likely privy to knowing that Beth scouters were sniffing around

    • @srai5333
      @srai5333 25 днів тому

      probably saw todd howard and his minions sniffin around for S I X T E E N T I M E S the details

    • @JadaTheSupreme
      @JadaTheSupreme 24 дні тому +12

      Fallout 4 was pretty clearly going to be set in Boston anyway though. Maybe his story was true, maybe it wasn’t. But either way, Boston was a pretty safe guess.

    • @virno69420
      @virno69420 24 дні тому +3

      ​@@JadaTheSupreme Why?

  • @thestateofdelaware8057
    @thestateofdelaware8057 28 днів тому +199

    Imagine driving down the road in 2013 and your radio bugs out and accidently tunes in to this 16:12

    • @zen_kubo
      @zen_kubo 27 днів тому +31

      I am shitting everything. drawers, my goddam trousers, the seat gon be color shifted brown and I'm driving into the nearest traffic railing that is near a body of water.

    • @TheSkyGuy77
      @TheSkyGuy77 22 дні тому +1

      "oh hell naw!!"

  • @Eric-ps1eo
    @Eric-ps1eo 26 днів тому +152

    Today is the day I found out the first ever Bethesda game I played was Ducati Moto. I always thought it was fallout 4

    • @mikeyblaze
      @mikeyblaze 24 дні тому +1

      Dam u didn't play fallout 3 or new vegas or oblivion or skyrim first. U picked fallout 4 lmao

    • @maidframe
      @maidframe 23 дні тому +12

      @@mikeyblazemy choice was fallout 4 - what a good choice I made. New Vegas is a buggy mess

    • @tundra4331
      @tundra4331 23 дні тому

      @@maidframe BOOOOOOOOOO YOU SUCK

    • @Mr..Malice
      @Mr..Malice 23 дні тому +2

      @@maidframe lmao keep telling yourself that

    • @walkingglasses6264
      @walkingglasses6264 23 дні тому +3

      ​@@maidframe dawg I think most Bethesda games are a buggy mess

  • @Mr_Fugnug
    @Mr_Fugnug 28 днів тому +753

    Boston in fallout 4 is less violent than Boston now.

    • @KegaB3
      @KegaB3 26 днів тому +2

      100th like

    • @koboa
      @koboa 26 днів тому +2

      real shi

    • @dicksdiggers
      @dicksdiggers 25 днів тому

      that's because a nuclear bomb is less destructive than multiculturalism

    • @pobblebonking
      @pobblebonking 25 днів тому +7

      @@KegaB3 you celebrate participation ribbons for sure

    • @alaeriia01
      @alaeriia01 25 днів тому +12

      Really? I had no idea my hometown was that dangerous. You sure you're not just repeating something you saw on Newsmax or read on Twitter?

  • @Stumme-40203
    @Stumme-40203 27 днів тому +233

    “What’s on December 11th?”
    My birthday? I can’t believe my 10th birthday was that popular.

  • @manuelredgrave8348
    @manuelredgrave8348 26 днів тому +85

    The amount of info the guy guessed alongside the Cease and Desist order makes me believe he was either an employee or got some genuine info leak from one
    Wonder if they'll do something like this for Fallout 5, tho i don't believe i'll live till it's announcement in the year 2369

    • @The_Joestar
      @The_Joestar 26 днів тому +19

      Release date has been leaked for Fallout 5. It's October 24 2077

    • @squidsmove
      @squidsmove 22 дні тому +1

      @@The_Joestarcyberpunk 2

    • @starwarsnerd100
      @starwarsnerd100 12 днів тому +1

      Nah, people had been speculating that Fallout 4 would involve The Institute in Boston for quite for years at this point.

    • @Mrwiggles382
      @Mrwiggles382 2 дні тому +1

      For fallout 5 Bethesda will nuke the earth.

  • @KringleBerry
    @KringleBerry 29 днів тому +324

    Survivor 2299 successfully conducted a enormous hype train with every fallout fan as a passenger, then derailed it at the Tunnel Snakes junction, killing us all
    Also, your content is continually great Mr Cheesecake

  • @MrSmartyPants
    @MrSmartyPants 20 днів тому +12

    insane just how funny you are with your editing and style of humour. genuinely keep it up cuz this was informative and really funny

  • @orson1821
    @orson1821 26 днів тому +211

    Fallout community: give us fallout!
    Bethesda: releases Fallout 4
    Fallout community: could you stop?!

    • @Aguy522
      @Aguy522 25 днів тому +22

      They complain about the writing, yet Capcom has even worse then Bethesda’s, and yet they make masterpieces that would make anyone happy, Leon went from exploring a abandoned village to denying gravity in a hi-tech lab, Chris went from a mystery in an African village to punching a boulder in a active volcano while having a slap fight with a BOW enhanced coworker. What is wrong with Bethesda’s writing now? Just a couple oofs with the story?

    • @PedroKing19
      @PedroKing19 24 дні тому +23

      ​@@Aguy522 Resident Evil is Camp while Bethesda games are trying to be taken mostly seriously

    • @Jaffersin
      @Jaffersin 24 дні тому +34

      @@Aguy522 That feels like a major false equivalency. For one, I think there's a ton of issues with modern Bethesda releases on top of the writing but to say the writing shouldn't matter because other popular series with bad writing (subjectivity aside) is like saying that no one should enjoy any Mario or Zelda title because "Bad man take princess. Guy save princess." , isn't an amazing, captivating story.
      Good writing is always good but like graphics, or even gameplay, any given game can rely on it for various amounts, for an RPG like Fallout to be lacking in that way is a much bigger deal than an action game having campy or poor writing.

    • @Aguy522
      @Aguy522 24 дні тому

      @Jaffersin I probably should of done Skyrim or some of the other RE games, but still, Skyrim is a gift from Godd and nobody except 4 people play, yet it still is very much a masterpiece, the other RE games still have bad writing, “you were almost a Jill sandwich”. But I get it, have a good day

    • @morganfreeman5260
      @morganfreeman5260 23 дні тому +2

      @@Aguy522bro there is nothing to do in skyrim. you want me to walk around and “explore” the caves?? there is actually fuck all to do

  • @ricardovivas7686
    @ricardovivas7686 26 днів тому +111

    For those curious about how the leaker managed to accurately predict so many details, around that time the community largely already suspected that Fallout 4 would be set in Boston and involve the Institute. This conclusion stemmed from hints in Fallout 3 suggesting Boston as a potential location, alongside reports of Bethesda employees seen in the Boston area for research purposes, similar to their activities in Washington D.C. before the release of Fallout 3. Bethesda has a tendency to drop hints about the setting or storyline of their next game in their previous releases. If I were a betting man Fallout 5 will take place in San Francisco, I mean it’s pretty obvious you go into Kellogs memory and see that he is from SF, we also see the Hubologist make a return in Nuka world who are from SF, and supposedly Bethesda told Obsidian to not mention SF in New Vegas as well as the writers of the TV show were told to not mention SF either.

    • @4crafters597
      @4crafters597 24 дні тому

      U still believe in 5? Even they even let 76 die, im betting on 76-2 Electric Bogaloo

    • @Zhexss
      @Zhexss 24 дні тому +1

      I don't they would plan SF around New Vegas time but yeah I agree, SF might be next

    • @czarnakoza9697
      @czarnakoza9697 24 дні тому +2

      san fran was in fo2

    • @jojojojo4332
      @jojojojo4332 19 днів тому +2

      I agree, it will take place in Germany and show the Chinese having rekt the place only for the Dutch having to rebuild the whole of Europe.

    • @faebees5793
      @faebees5793 14 днів тому +1

      Wait isn't san fran where the followers of the apocalypse are from? Wasnt it already mentioned in the first two games?

  • @mtlfce
    @mtlfce 28 днів тому +106

    if it wasnt real how did he know it was in boston and involved the institute

    • @CommandGnome
      @CommandGnome 28 днів тому +33

      I think Todd found it funny and just did it

    • @troubleinbound
      @troubleinbound 28 днів тому +92

      From my memory, there were people from MIT and the general Boston area that spoke up publicly about meeting Bethesda employees while they were scouting the locations pre development.

    • @TheMoonRover
      @TheMoonRover 12 днів тому +2

      Also there was an oddly detailed side quest involving both institute and railroad agents from the Commonwealth in Fallout 3. I don't remember if Boston was mentioned, but it's possible.

  • @BOCANE13
    @BOCANE13 28 днів тому +140

    I was 14 when this happened and it felt like a weird nostalgia trip back into a simpler time.

    • @Reefer-Rampage69
      @Reefer-Rampage69 26 днів тому +2

      Same 😂

    • @von...
      @von... 26 днів тому +4

      and now you're a qp of weed wearing a hoodie, oh how the time flies

    • @RedHellFire55
      @RedHellFire55 26 днів тому +1

      same lmao

    • @carboodle610
      @carboodle610 25 днів тому +1

      same, how do you fellas feel 10 years later?

    • @RedHellFire55
      @RedHellFire55 25 днів тому +1

      @@carboodle610 sad, I wish there was still that mysterious hype around other games, I haven't felt it in a while lol

  • @Kyubeyisbestboy
    @Kyubeyisbestboy 28 днів тому +84

    im so glad someone still remembered thesurvivor2299. This was also when fallout was relatively niche as fallout 4 marked it on the map (no pun intended). Heck i remember that mlp fanfiction of fallout had more reddit traction than fallout itself for a bit... we fallout fans were STARVED even tho new vegas literally came out for 3 years... I remember mrmattyplays getting so upset when it ended up being a hoax. really wish fallout icebergs included it.

    • @StationaryGamingReal
      @StationaryGamingReal 28 днів тому +3

      Project Horizons was 100+ chapters.
      What a strange time.

    • @klaykid117
      @klaykid117 26 днів тому +14

      To be fair Fallout: Equestria is one of the longest written works in human history (this is not a joke)

    • @StationaryGamingReal
      @StationaryGamingReal 26 днів тому +2

      @@klaykid117 It's made more history than I have.

    • @Kyubeyisbestboy
      @Kyubeyisbestboy 2 дні тому

      @@klaykid117 yea i didnt know that til way later lol

  • @bullet4346
    @bullet4346 28 днів тому +76

    I am SHOCKED you don't have far more subscribers and views. This is really good.

    • @TitaniumTurbine
      @TitaniumTurbine 26 днів тому +5

      I agree, but to be fair, the algorithm is not very kind to newer content creators.

  • @hubsloth
    @hubsloth 28 днів тому +33

    The nostalgia just the thumbnail gave and instantly remembers the survivor 2299 days never forget

  • @4whomittolz846
    @4whomittolz846 25 днів тому +54

    I'm still shocked at how accurate it was. I guess he just zeroed on the hanging thread from Fallout 3 and nailed it, but it's really crazy that he got that.

  • @JelaTC
    @JelaTC 28 днів тому +98

    Man i remember watching MrMattyPlays cover that back in the day. I was devastated after this lol

    • @francisdoran8719
      @francisdoran8719 28 днів тому +1

      yup.

    • @linusdicktips2948
      @linusdicktips2948 26 днів тому

      I'd come home from school and check his channel religiously. Broke my heart. I also ended up crying when the trailer came out. I was very weird.

  • @msgoddess07
    @msgoddess07 24 дні тому +11

    That last comment about how Bethesda uses the same engine is insane but very accurate
    I played Starfield and it felt like Skyrim mixed with Fallout and Space.

  • @Kyubeyisbestboy
    @Kyubeyisbestboy 28 днів тому +63

    You forgot that not only did matty blew up over survivor2299 but also yongyea who became the new english voice of kazuma kiryu and lonevaultwanderer who does a lot of stuff. And nowadays well, it went from just a select bunch of fallout youtubers to pop culture and everyone talks about fallout. Also, you forgot the leaked fallout 4 documents that were released when survivor2299 was kicking off and the fake survivor2299 ties like "The Propheteer" and some facebook group that matty reported on but i forgot its name.

    • @BrandonOfJapan
      @BrandonOfJapan 28 днів тому +11

      Yongyea is a walking L

    • @SilverGeFer
      @SilverGeFer 26 днів тому +1

      He mentions YongYea at 26:14 actually

    • @alaeriia01
      @alaeriia01 25 днів тому +2

      ​@@BrandonOfJapanI remember when YongYea was a decent creator. Then he fell off HARD. Nowadays, he is a walking L just like you said.

  • @CreeVal
    @CreeVal 28 днів тому +22

    Some parts of this video made me blow more air out of my nose than I usually do, well done.

  • @Debaser1990
    @Debaser1990 27 днів тому +10

    Hey man, stumbled across this video because of the algo. Basically a lifelong fallout fan, and I distinctly remember this drama and the ensuing chaos. Your editing and scripting is solid, dude. Excellent video, thank you for taking me for a stroll down memory lane. Best wishes.

  • @jorgizoran4340
    @jorgizoran4340 28 днів тому +21

    I can distinctly remember the Quabbin Reservoir and the speculation about it, nostalgic times.

  • @Pliskin332
    @Pliskin332 28 днів тому +32

    It’s pretty funny how the sites predictions came true so all the effort that went into to deciphering everything became retroactively meaningful.
    Also I subscribed, this was a very well made video.

  • @ecotanimate4149
    @ecotanimate4149 28 днів тому +15

    TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!

  • @JaniacTheHedgehog
    @JaniacTheHedgehog 28 днів тому +64

    I still believe to this day this was just an elaborate troll from Bethesda themselves and Survivor2299 was a real site made by them, because how the hell would a random guy get three major things about the game right years before the game came out?

    • @kurtixwarlord3278
      @kurtixwarlord3278 27 днів тому

      Could have been a former employee that was leaking stuff without Beths consent and that was the reason they made him take it down. Seems like the most reasonable explanation, by that point FO4 would have been at least in the creation process.

    • @JaniacTheHedgehog
      @JaniacTheHedgehog 27 днів тому +8

      @@kurtixwarlord3278 Still, it seems very suspicious that site was up for so long with all the attention it had without Bethesda responding until the very last week.

    • @titan1umtitan
      @titan1umtitan 27 днів тому +11

      Very possible it was an inside job, it's super easy to just say "no, I'm not with Bethesda" and then have Bethesda actually "do something about it" later on

    • @ConnorNotyerbidness
      @ConnorNotyerbidness 26 днів тому +8

      Some people are just good at guessing
      When blizzard announced warlords of draenor, i started telling people how the story would play out, not just for wod, but the following 2 exoansions as well, down to exact details. Everything i said came true, stuff more than 5 years away!
      How did i do this?
      What was my source?
      I had none
      I just was in tune with blizzards patterns of storytelling that the moment i was given Any lead, i was able to extrapolate where that would take us. Everything else was just things i either Thought would be cool, or things so long requested that there was little reason to doubt theyd return
      Yet had i gone around posting it on reddit or giving it to news sites, guarantee people would walk away thinking i was an inside source from blizzard

  • @SiDoVi
    @SiDoVi 25 днів тому +5

    I legitimately don’t think I’ve seen someone cover this before, I remember an acquaintance made me aware of the website as it was happening, and I was beyond intrigued. Thanks for talking about this!

  • @Swaggaroni
    @Swaggaroni 28 днів тому +3

    This was a very entertaining and funny video. I was surprised to see you didn't have more subscribers! Keep up the work!

  • @indian_doc
    @indian_doc 28 днів тому +2

    This is a very entertaining and high quality video. Wasn't expecting to see under 2k subs only. Subscribed, wish you more success.

  • @leo-po6lg
    @leo-po6lg 24 дні тому +3

    for 5k subs ur editing is insane deserved the sub

  • @bearsquad1599
    @bearsquad1599 25 днів тому +4

    Hearing Elderfall Scrollout while not wathing the screen made me think I was having a stroke😭

  • @buberryboi2878
    @buberryboi2878 28 днів тому +15

    The elder fall scroll out

  • @hurricane_3333
    @hurricane_3333 27 днів тому +1

    This was a very good video! Nicely done!
    Editing was awesome!

  • @rasmustagu
    @rasmustagu 24 дні тому

    If this is the content expected from your channel, I'll have notificationa turned up til UA-cam shuts down. Great topic, excellent presentation!

  • @Hexie094
    @Hexie094 Місяць тому +18

    i almost forgot about this, thanks for bring back the terrible memories 😔

  • @TommyWitDaTone
    @TommyWitDaTone 27 днів тому +3

    Damn this was a trip down memory lane and very well done, kudos. December 6th is my birthday, and I remember when Bethesda sent that tweet out I was so disappointed lol. Was the worst 16th birthday ever

  • @manuabasto6325
    @manuabasto6325 7 днів тому

    For having only 10k subs this is a really funny and high quality video, you definitely deserve much more. Keep going man!

  • @2010vintagesandwichenjoyer
    @2010vintagesandwichenjoyer 25 днів тому +1

    Thank you for this retrospective
    I was in high school during this, and hype was so high even on the other part of a globe

  • @bekay7663
    @bekay7663 28 днів тому +11

    this video will 100% his the algorithm one day, good job!

  • @jonathanhiggins4398
    @jonathanhiggins4398 27 днів тому +21

    Lol the Brink mention is iconic. The game had so much potential.

    • @aaronh4036
      @aaronh4036 23 дні тому +1

      wish there was a 2nd one

  • @aidanmcdonnell6615
    @aidanmcdonnell6615 4 дні тому

    Ur editing is really good dude it keeps u interested fr

  • @deathhulk8860
    @deathhulk8860 22 дні тому +3

    all that wait only to realize the real fallout 4 was a post nuclear settlement simulation

  • @itstab.
    @itstab. Місяць тому +27

    This channel unironically has some of the most interesting and engaging videos i've seen. Keep it up cheesecake 👍

  • @ElvencloudYT
    @ElvencloudYT 22 дні тому

    Utterly incredible editing and I was enthralled through the whole 26 minutes. Well done sir.

  • @lad7436
    @lad7436 28 днів тому +1

    This video is really high quality, good job, you deserve more subscribers.

  • @knavenformed9436
    @knavenformed9436 22 дні тому +3

    I'm quite sure some hacks at Bethesda just "came up" with the ideas for Fallout 4 from the speculation of 2299 discussions

  • @lonelyrain583
    @lonelyrain583 27 днів тому +6

    Dude, the editing and humor in this vid is just immaculate. Glad someone took a moment to document this period of internet history. Never subbed to someone so fast!

  • @JacksonStinks
    @JacksonStinks 25 днів тому +1

    This content is very high quality from such a small channel, Keep up the good work.

  • @the_real_Kurt_Yarish
    @the_real_Kurt_Yarish День тому +1

    This video reminded me that this website was probably the first place I watched the Tunnel Snakes Rule video. Wild. I remember following this story using my school's and my local library's computers, because I didn't have the Internet at home.

  • @unownintendo
    @unownintendo 21 день тому +3

    This was the Grinch leak before the Grinch leak lmao

  • @gabby3036
    @gabby3036 22 дні тому +3

    So I'm new around here, does this mean he has to go out and get a slice of cheesecake for every video?

    • @Grayson-tk5hn
      @Grayson-tk5hn 13 днів тому +1

      or maybe he is actually just a slice of cheese cake

  • @ruslanzininfanchannel
    @ruslanzininfanchannel 4 дні тому

    This video is genuinely quality, I’ve already watched it multiple times. Hope your channel gets more attention!

  • @Talisssyn
    @Talisssyn 26 днів тому

    Just wanna say i look forward to more videos man. Happened across your channel earlier and the video has alot more views in just a few hours since i had first started it.

  • @Moto_Medics
    @Moto_Medics 25 днів тому +4

    In a perfect world they’d hire that 2299 guy as a marketing consultant or something that’s how you do a fuckin reveal
    I remember waking up at 4am to screen record the official countdown as it clicked over good times before life sucked… I had hope back then 😂

  • @StarstriketheVigil
    @StarstriketheVigil 28 днів тому +31

    The phone dial tones do have a name its just not commonly known, DTMF tones, you can generate them in audacity.

    • @hherpdderp
      @hherpdderp 25 днів тому

      I call the dial tones dial tones.

    • @colin5551
      @colin5551 22 дні тому

      @@hherpdderpthat’s not a dial tone tho. A dial tone is the beeps you hear as ur calling it when someone hangs up

  • @raddudeski2745
    @raddudeski2745 23 дні тому

    I do remember following this through his channel and reddit. Being a senior high school with nothing better to do, this literally consumed my life like many others. Was literally gutted when it was found to be a trop... though I will say thank you for shouting out MrMattyPlays. This is how I came across his channel and if there's anything good that came out of this, it was that I found his channel and how he's now made a career out of UA-cam.

  • @nathannapier1332
    @nathannapier1332 25 днів тому +2

    This is a crazy memory unlocked for me. I shockingly, after all these years, still have a link in my bookmarks bar to the 100+ page shared google doc that was the source of record for new findings. It appears to have been deleted :(

  • @DWN037
    @DWN037 10 днів тому +3

    TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!
    WE'RE THE *_TUNNEL SNAKES!_*
    THAT'S US.
    AND WE *_RULE!_*

  • @pizzafiu
    @pizzafiu 26 днів тому +6

    Fun part: the date that survivor2299 was set to was 11/12/13

  • @askaykeeners8712
    @askaykeeners8712 22 дні тому

    just subbed bro ngl love your videos you seem so talented i can see you blowing up soon

  • @littlestarshepherd
    @littlestarshepherd 25 днів тому

    This is very good and entertaining! You are a good storyteller and I believe you found your tone! Hopefully you'll soon experience getting more and more subscribers and becoming big, like Matty did all those years ago. Good luck and keep up the good work!

  • @thebone8665
    @thebone8665 25 днів тому +4

    good video, sh***ed my pants halfway through

  • @gabbyterrazas
    @gabbyterrazas 25 днів тому +3

    10:58 that’s a banger

  • @breborishere
    @breborishere 28 днів тому

    Very good video! I swore you had more subs before looking at the count. Keep up the work bro!

  • @joseybryant7577
    @joseybryant7577 28 днів тому +2

    Ending it with that song and video, is hysterical

  • @noni3512
    @noni3512 28 днів тому +7

    dude, ten years waiting for one game is normal now, bioware has done the same :(

  • @spiteful1179
    @spiteful1179 28 днів тому +5

    This was deeply repressed memory

  • @GloryForever4200
    @GloryForever4200 18 днів тому

    Being apart of this lore is so satisfying. It was so much fun trying to decode those cyphers. I remember looking through relay tower KX-B8-11 in game for more clues. Listening to the pirate radio thing and hearing those sounds live gave me an adrenaline rush I can still feel. Then the finale being tunnel snakes was the biggest kick in the nuts. 10/10

  • @Reefer-Rampage69
    @Reefer-Rampage69 26 днів тому

    Love the editing style. New sub

  • @bob1hebu1lder2
    @bob1hebu1lder2 28 днів тому +8

    Og's will remember freshavocado

  • @homedawwg4366
    @homedawwg4366 28 днів тому +5

    This video better blow up

  • @itgetsdarker
    @itgetsdarker 23 дні тому +2

    To the one "trust me bro" guy's credit (6:00), he was 100% on the money.

  • @slayer_west
    @slayer_west 26 днів тому +1

    this video is genuinely hilarious bro, you earned a subscriber!!

  • @SearchableUsername
    @SearchableUsername Місяць тому +6

    i already asked you this on the worst comment section video but how did you get the old-timey audio effect at 16:57 ?

    • @defaultcheesecake
      @defaultcheesecake  29 днів тому +8

      Good question! If you're using Premiere Pro there's a few options that you can mess around with. For that specific effect I use the Analog Delay effect. From there you can adjust the wet and dry out options to see what sounds good. There's also a preset option called "50s slap back" that can help you get started. Also try the FFT Filter in conjunction with Analog Delay, that can really tie the whole effect together. And if nothing else you can always just google it. 9 times outta 10 there is some middle schooler with unregistered hypercam 2 from 2011 that already did it step by step.
      Hope this helps!

  • @chr0n0s17
    @chr0n0s17 28 днів тому +9

    Seeing that they eventually got fallout 4 makes me have hope for titanfall 3 after the October 27th incident

  • @valleybiitch
    @valleybiitch 27 днів тому +2

    i remember following this as it was happening, i genuinely think something more in the direction of this arg wouldve been better than the fallout 4 we got. also that 2013 mrmattyplays clip was such a throwback lol

  • @AsymmetricalCrimes
    @AsymmetricalCrimes 20 днів тому +1

    Dude I looked at your channel for approximately 2.8 seconds before immediately subscribing.

  • @retrobat1631
    @retrobat1631 26 днів тому +6

    Funny how I was actually wanting it to be real as the video went along knowing it wasn't.

  • @Pigness7
    @Pigness7 28 днів тому +7

    Fallout fans not get outraged over stupid shit challenge (impossible)

  • @HarvestZ
    @HarvestZ 25 днів тому

    Really good storytelling, this vid has the potential to go really big like 1 mil +, good job dude

  • @Julian-ch5hl
    @Julian-ch5hl 23 дні тому

    Thanks for bring back this lost memory

  • @Cyynapse
    @Cyynapse 28 днів тому +3

    this is the most hyped ive seen people be for a 6/10 game

  • @infinty_yt
    @infinty_yt 24 дні тому

    I'm a minute in, and this is incredibly well made. Can't wait till this blows up in a few weeks.

  • @jhansen5128
    @jhansen5128 27 днів тому

    Yoooo thats crazy that guy self blogging was MattyPlays! Great video by the way!

  • @ChrisVesgo
    @ChrisVesgo 19 днів тому

    I don't remember the last time i laughed so hard at an intro, thanks youtube for recommeding me this, subbed

  • @IAmFromTheYear
    @IAmFromTheYear 24 дні тому

    This was a great video! Excellent job!

  • @jonuko9678
    @jonuko9678 20 днів тому +1

    your editing is so good??? how are you not a bigger creator?

  • @xx123manxx
    @xx123manxx 28 днів тому +2

    under 5k sub channels making straight FIRE these days
    I'm here for the long haul. Remember me when you hit the milly

  • @Verasoul
    @Verasoul 17 днів тому +2

    Recommending Yong "I am the best voice actor!" Yea in 2024...

  • @thefakejoel7323
    @thefakejoel7323 22 дні тому

    i havent seen a video this entertaining in a good while. good shit man.